Graham: 'We’re going to get the votes next week'

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said the GOP would manage to round up the 50 votes necessary to pass Obamacare repeal through the Senate by the end of the next week, but their path to 50 is unclear.

“I think we’re going to get the votes next week," he said Sunday on ABC's "This Week" of the legislation he designed with Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy.

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Among the Senate's 52 Republicans, Rand Paul of Kentucky and John McCain of Arizona have said they will vote against the proposal, which would repeal Obamacare and replace it with block grants to the states. Maine Sen. Susan Collins said Sunday she would have a difficult time voting for the bill, and Senate Republicans also expect Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski to vote against it. Democrats have been unified in their opposition to GOP repeal attempts, and they have said the Republicans should work on a bipartisan Obamacare fix.

The Senate GOP faces a Sept. 30 deadline to repeal Obamacare under reconciliation, which prevents Democrats from filibustering.

McCain has said he would also prefer a bipartisan bill, something Graham dismissed as a fantasy, arguing Democrats are now focused on passing single-payer health care.

Democrats are "never going to give in to changing Obamacare," Graham said.

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"They're going to single-payer health care. There is no bipartisan solution to health care that fundamentally changes Obamacare, because there are stakeholders for single-payer health care."

Graham also suggested he and Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson, who are both on the Senate Budget Committee, would try to force Republicans to continue Obamacare repeal attempts with reconciliation next year.

"We're not going to vote for a budget resolution that doesn't allow the health care debate to continue," he said.